<div dir="ltr">Hi everybody,<div><br></div><div>This is an unofficial request. </div><div><br></div><div>1.5.0 release is just around the corner due to a decision that the roadmap (on the bugtracker) be limited strictly for crash bugs. The idea is that the next dev release version occur as soon and as stable as possible. </div>
<div><br></div><div>So the request here is that if you've noticed some unstable 1.5.0svn activity that leads to a crash, please attempt to examine it better so that you can reproduce the steps and report on Mantis. If you've been postponing to post a bug because you haven't had the time for it, now would be a good time to make the time for it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>A great example of a succinct and thorough bug report would be </div><div><a href="http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=12477">http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=12477</a> (props to FirasH, bug reporter extraordinaire). Clear step-by-step instructions with an attached gdb stack trace (the stack trace is optional, though highly preferred because it helps facilitate a solution faster). <br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Please also check to see if the issue you encounter has been reported already before you report. If so, please notate the issue that exists with feedback that you can reproduce on the platform/distro version and Scribus version + revision # </div>
<div><br></div><div>FYI, please compile 1.5svn from HEAD to do the testing. There are several guides out there to help with doing that for certain platforms and distros. If you need help please make yourself heard on IRC or here. If you can offer any patches please be forthcoming with them, though remember that it takes work for the devs to examine patches so create them per scribus coding-style requirements.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks again for your participation and attention.</div><div>Cheers,</div><div>/Kunda <br></div></div>